Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto on live performances and the music | Red Bull Music Academy
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Published 2018-04-12
This unlikely duo discusses their respective musical backgrounds, their approach to collaboration, their absorbing live performances, and more.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto came to worldwide fame as a member of influential Japanese synth-pop outfit Yellow Magic Orchestra. Making abundant use of new synthesizers, samplers and recording technology, they pioneered a new electro-pop sound, with tracks like "Firecracker / Computer Game" becoming electro classics in the east and west. Sakamoto also pursued his own solo work, achieving a commercial breakthrough as YMO split up with his score to the film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (which he also acted in).
This also marked one of his finest musical unions with Japan frontman David Sylvian. Sakamoto has collaborated with many others since then, including David Byrne, Thomas Dolby, Iggy Pop, and Berlin-based electronic music artist Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai).
The pair met when Carsten was performing in Tokyo, and the introduction led to them working together and forming their own unique electronic sound, with Sakamoto’s minimal piano complimenting Nicolai’s glowing digital tapestry.
Consistently pushing boundaries in electronic music, these are two musicians who will always be ahead of the game.
TOPICS:
15:51 – Free Jazz
20:51 – Kraftwerk
24:44 – YMO
38:14 – Meeting
43:47 – Piano
54:42 – Film Scoring
MUSIC:
24:32 – Yellow Magic Orchestra Live at Budokan • Video
42:48 – Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – “Iano” • Video
52:50 – Alva Noto & Ryuchi Sakamoto Live • Video
52:50 – Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – “Ax Mr. L” • Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ax Mr....
1:11:42 – Yellow Magic Orchestra – “Computer Game (Theme from the Circus)” • Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Gam...
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All Comments (21)
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If you want to read more about the interview... ► www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/alva-noto-ryu…
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rest in peace Ryuichi <3
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Sakamoto san is a genuine genius
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Who let this guy interview people?
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The first question was easily the worst first question I've ever heard in an interview
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Nice interview with 2 great ones, thanks for sharing! Never would’ve guessed that Alva Noto is Carsten from Karl Marx Stadt
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i listen to their collaboration works very often...one of the better surprises in recent years...
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Was wondering if they did one together! Nice! <3
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awkwardness starts at first question
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respect
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Still nice, always!
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Why couldn’t they have got some good interviewers? It’s not like they were interviewing geniuses or anything...
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L.o.L good launch.
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does anyone know the tune that is played before the conversation starts at very beginning?
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Wow, was the interviewer going for an award in awkwardness?
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rbma ended because of interviewers like this
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<3
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Much better than the Hosono interview, maybe due to no language barrier with Sakamoto, but the interviewer is better and more charismatic too, actually seems familiar with Sakamoto's catalogue.
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サカモトさんは話しに沈黙してマイムマイムがうまく表現された
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インパクトの強さ弱さが問題解決したい